Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eudeilinia herminiata (Guenée, [1858])
Corycia herminiata Guenée, [1858]
Corycia albata Guenée, [1858]
Eudeilinia biseriata Packard, 1873
Eudeilinia luteifera Dyar, 1917
Explanation of Names
Eudeilinia herminiata (Guenée, [1858]) (formerly referred to by the common name "Northern Eudeilinia") includes as a synonym
Eudeilinia luteifera Dyar, 1917 (formerly referred to by the common name "Southern Eudeilinia") in Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)
(1).
Numbers
one of two species in the genus in North America
Identification
wings white with (or without) faint gray, brown, or orange antemedial and postmedial dashed lines crossing the forewings and continuing onto the hindwings; body shorter and thicker than similar-appearing species of geometrid moths; labial palps black; dark shading on forelegs; antennae simple in both sexes, which are alike
Range
Type locality (herminiata): Canada
Type locality (luteifera): Dallas, TX.
Habitat
Deciduous woods and wood edges.
Season
The flight period is April to September with June and July the peak.
(2)Food
The larvae feed on Cornus spp. (dogwood).
Heppner (2003) listed one host plant,
Cornus florida L. (flowering dogwood).
(3)See Also
Some
Protitame and
Cabera species can be confusing.
Print References
Boisduval & Guenée. 1857. Hist. Nat. Ins., Spec. Gén. Lépid. 10:
58.
Dyar, Harrison G., 1917. Miscellaneous new America Lepidoptera.
Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 5(4-6):
68.
